In that last sentence I meant to say that a digitized copy of an analog source, e.g. vinly LP is simply an inferior digital version.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've never had an SACD, but it seems like technology is changing so > fast it's hard to keep up without pouring $$$ down the drain, > especially if the content is not there. We buy and spend like we live > forever, and both the stuff and us will last, but it doesn't. > > So here's a question. Why when CD's first came out did almost every > single one have a disclaimer that it might 'show up the faults of the > original recording', when in reality it probably was not as good as > the original... merely on the noise level? > > And one other ponderance. Can a digital recording, regardless of the > medium one is listening to, be as good as the analog recording? > Several more... and a digital recording pressed to a vinyl record, can > it be little more than a digital recording... and then of course an > analog recording (as in LP), is no more than an inferior copy of the > analog source. > > Tom > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Peter Loveday <pe...@loveday.org> wrote: >>> The same factors apply to CDs. >>> >>> Audiophile CDs have much better sound quality than the ones you find in >>> the discount bin at WalMart; especially some of the early CD issues of 60s & >>> 70s LPs that were digitized straight from the old LP "master" tapes without >>> any kind of re-mixing, re-mastering ... that's why there are re-issues (one >>> reason anyway). >> >> Indeed. There is a lot of quality variation in all formats. >> >> But its not like CDs are representative of state-of-the-art digital music >> formats anyway,nor have been for a long time. Even in consumer equipment, >> it's been, what, 10 years since SACD/DVDA came on the scene? >> >> These suffer from exactly what you talk about though, too many are merely >> upconversions of CD recordings, themselves often digitized from dodgey >> analogue masters. >> >> But a well mastered SACD/DVDA is pretty damn impressive. Just a shame >> there's not more stuff being released on them, though its still probably >> more than the amount of new stuff released on vinyl :( >> >> - Peter >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
